CHAPTER 18 She could hear panicked voices, but she could not hear what anyone was saying as she regained consciousness. Her ears were ringing, and her eyes stung. She tried to move, but she was unable to do that. She tried moving her hands to the cause of the sharp pain in her neck, but they would not comply. Her arms flail about uselessly beside her. She could hear her uncle, Nick. She could finally recognize his voice and tried calling out to him, but it came out as a hoarse whimper. It was like a low whine. What was wrong? She wondered as she lost consciousness again. “She does not even know the complete origin of our existence,” Ophelia heard a familiar voice say. “She is completely unaware of anything. She has not even shifted yet. It would be detrimental to him now, especially sin

